Life Lessons

BRITISH POET AND ACADEMIC GREGORY WOODS IS THE EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES AT NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY. IN HIS LATEST PUBLISHED WORK, HOMINTERN, HE INVESTIGATES THE EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT HOMOSEXUALITY HAS HAD ON WESTERN CULTURE

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You’ve got to be in it for the long haul. Very few writers will write this wonderful first book that will immediately be recognised by a publisher. The vast majority of writers have to begin with bits of self-publishing and magazine articles, all the while working and refining

About Attitude

The Orlando attack is one of the most violent acts perpetrated against a gathered group of queer people in the West. Attitude presents a passionate analysis of the event, with guest writers from the Latin, Muslim, Christian, Black and Trans communities asking the question: What have we learned from Orlando?
Elsewhere in this issue:
Three years before Stonewall… there was the riot at Compton’s cafeteria in San Francisco. Attitude commemorates 50 years since the queer community fought back against an oppressive police force.
20 years of Girl Power. Spice Girl Emma Bunton recalls the highs and lows of life as part of the world’s most famous girl groups ever.
Out gay Iraqi activist Amir Ashour on why he’ll never stop fighting for LGBT liberation in his homeland.
Pop’s new sensation Shura on why she doesn’t want her music compartmentalized as a queer artist.
Willam reveals why he has no love for RuPaul’s Drag Race.